Adoption and Disruption

Rates, Risks, and Responses

Richard P. Barth, Marianne Berry

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AldineTransaction
07 March 2023

Child welfare

First Published in 2017. In this book the authors move easily and often between the worlds of policy, practice, and research in child and family welfare. Their own research delineates— better than any other to date— the particular factors associated with success>ful and unsuccessful older, special-needs adoptions.

Edited by: Richard P. Barth, Marianne Berry
Imprint: AldineTransaction
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9780202360546
ISBN 10: 0202360547
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 07 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. Older Child Adoption Now 1 Overview of Older Child Adoption and Disruption 3 2 The Value of Adoption and Disruption 23 3 A Social and Cognitive Model of Adjustment to Adoption 43 Part II. The Study 4 Disruption Research: Past and Present 69 5 Predicting Disruptions 39 6 Preplacement Assessment and Decision Making 103 7 Birth and Adoptive Parents 123 8 The Children: History, Behavior, and Attachment 129 9 Social Worker Characteristics and Services 145 10 Discriminating Disruptions from Intact Placements 155 Part III. Implications of the Study 11 The Path to Disruption 167 12 Practice Implications 185 13 Policy and Program Implications

Richard P. Barth, a fost-adopt father, is Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Family Welfare Research Group, and Chairman of the School Social Work Program, in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Marianne Berry is a doctoral candidate in Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews for Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses

-In this book, focus is on the problem of disruption in adoption placements of older children (3 years and above)... The goal of the study is to determine what adoption practices would help to reduce the tendency toward disruption... It is of particular value to child welfare workers and social workers. For undergraduate and graduate level academic libraries with professional programs.- --M. O. McMahon, Choice In this book, focus is on the problem of disruption in adoption placements of older children (3 years and above)... The goal of the study is to determine what adoption practices would help to reduce the tendency toward disruption... It is of particular value to child welfare workers and social workers. For undergraduate and graduate level academic libraries with professional programs. --M. O. McMahon, Choice In this book, focus is on the problem of disruption in adoption placements of older children (3 years and above)... The goal of the study is to determine what adoption practices would help to reduce the tendency toward disruption... It is of particular value to child welfare workers and social workers. For undergraduate and graduate level academic libraries with professional programs. --M. O. McMahon, Choice